Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eː.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [eː.ɫɔˈkᶣɛn.ti.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [ɛ.lɔˈkwɛn.t͡si̯a], [e.loˈkwɛn.t͡si̯a]

Noun

ēloquentia f ‎(genitive ēloquentiae); first declension

1. eloquence

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: eloqüència
• French: éloquence
• Italian: eloquenza
• Spanish: elocuencia

Participle

ēloquentia

1. nominative neuter plural of ēloquens
2. accusative neuter plural of ēloquens
3. vocative neuter plural of ēloquens

References

• eloquentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• eloquentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ELOQUENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eloquentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be a distinguished orator: eloquentiae laude florere
    
  • to be considered the foremost orator: eloquentiae principatum tenere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be very eloquent: eloquentia valere